In December 2018 the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the football player Lucas Merlin after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Cannabis in a concentration above the WADA threshold. After notification the Athlete gave a prompt admission, waived his right for a hearing, accepted the provisional suspension and the sanction proposed by CCES.
The CCES establish that the Athlete’s degree of fault was low because the use of the substance was out-of-competition, social in nature and unconnected to sport or training.
Therefore the CCES decides on 2 January 2019 to impose a 2 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete ending backdated on 2 Januari 2019. Here the Athlete had to serve at least 1 month of the sanction.
